Live Wire with Luke Burbank
Live Wire with Luke Burbank
PRX
Kevin Young (Short)
14 minutes Posted Aug 17, 2018 at 4:00 am.
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Kevin Young, acclaimed poet and poetry editor of The New Yorker, speaks on his writing process, the inspiration he gleaned from Prince, and the cross-section between hip hop and poetry in describing the black experience. Young also reads from his collection "Blue Laws," including a poem about boxer Jack Johnson – the first black heavyweight champion.